Paper box



(No Model.) A. S. OOFFIN.

PAPER BOX. No. 317,976. Patented May 19, 1885.

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TATES NlTE PATENT OFFICE.

PAPER BOX.

EQPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,976 dated May 19,1885.

Application filed March 30, 1885.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR S. CoFFIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PaperBoxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in cutting a b0x-blank from paper in such a mannerthat the flaps which form the ends of the box shall fold together andinterlock in a novel and advantageous way.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the box-blank as it appears readyfor foldinginto a box. Fig. 2 represents a view of one end of the boxafter being folded together.

In Fig. l, A represents the box-blank having the necessary cuts to formthe end flaps, and creased for folding along the dotted lines.

a b c d are the sides ofthe box, and efg are the end flaps. In the endflaps e of the side a are the tucks n, and in the end flaps g of theside 0 are the transverse openings s,extending from the edge of the flapinto the body of the same. The side a is provided with the lip 0, whichis gummed to the side (I, and this operation brings the four sides ofthe box into proper position with regard to each other. Thispartially-formed box can now be flattened 0 down and packed closelytogether for shipping, or it can be completed into a box for (No model.)

holding commodities, as follows The end flaps f are first turned in, andthe flap e is folded down over them. The fiapg is then brought over andthe tucks n inserted in the openings 8 by swinging to one side, as shownby dotted lines in Fig. 2, or they can be entered in the usual manner,when the ends of the box assume the form and appearance as shown in Fig.2.

4 As the piece of paper from which the boxblank A is made is very nearlyrectangular in shape, the box can be made with but very slight waste ofmaterial.

The necessary cuts for interlocking the ends of the box can be made withone machine for all Sizes of boxes. This is not the case with otherfolding paper boxes, a set of dies being required for each size of box.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

A paper box formed from the box-blank A creased for folding, asspecified, and having the end flaps 6, provided with tucks n, and

end flaps 9, provided with the transverse.

openings 8, Substantially as shown and described.

ARTHUR S. OOFFIN. Witnesses:

B. S. BATOHELOR, THos. M. JAMES.

